Club Med Bahamas- Gazpacho Recipe by Chef Stephanie Izard
This is a wonderful gazpacho recipe that Stephanie Izard created for the Food and Wine Festival at Club Med. It is so tasty. A great balance between the mango sweetness, spiced shrimp and refreshing cucumber.
Chef Stephanie Izard
Gazpacho Recipe
I’m backtracking a bit here to the first evening at Columbus Isle. The first 1/2 day flew like the wind and I’m finally getting around to looking through the photographs of the whirlwind day. Thank goodness for pictures to remind me of what all happened or else I’d have little reminder of what I ate and ……how skinnier I was 4 days ago.
Believe me, four days of Club Med gluttony has me wearing elastic waisted pants now. My size 9 jeans that I wore on Saturday into the Bahamas can’t button up any more. Sigh.
What I enjoy about Food and Wine Festival week at Club Med are all the fabulous food demonstrations throughout the day. Presented by talented chefs from around the United States, each demonstration is a reflection of his/her specialty talents, cooking techniques and flavors. And, of course, there’s plenty of free samples for all the guests!
Lucky I brought my sweat pants to wear towards the end of the week. Again, sigh.
Stephanie Izard, last season’s Top Chef winner, presented a cooking demonstration for her mango & almond white gazpacho with spiced shrimp. Now I’ve never been won over by a gazpacho soup because really, to me, soup needs to be hot. I grew up eating soup that was HOT and anything that was cold was no good and a sacrilege. Cold soup in my household was a neglected soup.
So when I heard of the dish, I wasn’t too ecstatic about it, but when I did taste it, Stephanie won me over. I was floored at the nutty undertones and bright, crisp layers of mango flavor. The bounce of the perfectly cooked spiced shrimp gave a wonderful bite to the smooth gazpacho. This dish is beyond EXCELLENT. I had two servings. Oh yes I did.
Why not have two servings, right? At an amazing all inclusive resort like this, it’s all part of the deal.
Read my 2009 Club Med Blogger series:
- Heading to Bahamas blogger bash
- Club Med -Day 0.5, cocktail party, Bahama Mama Cocktail
- Club Med -Day 2, beach photoshoot crazy
- Club Med – White Gazpacho Recipe and more blogger pics!
- Club Med – Fish & Cockburn Town
- Club Med – Green Flash Cocktail
- Club Med – Deep Sea Fishing
Mango & Almond White Gazpacho Soup
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a blender (mango, cucumber, garlic, almonds, olive oil, sriracha, salt, and pepper) and blend until smooth.
- Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.
- Pass through a sieve. Serve chilled.
Wait wait wait – that CAN’T be David! He’s not donning the camo THONG 🙂
Inviting pictures. Love to follow your trip.
The striking blue of the water, the white of the skin …
You do so know we are all waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay jealous!
ohhh. that gazpacho sounds amazing!! and your vacation looks like so much fun!
I copied and pasted the recipes. Thank you! : ) You guys are SOOOOOOO lucky.
They needed to rub him down with ice cream. 😉
I’m disappointed he’s not wearing the thong, but I’m gonna guess that’s David L. Pale, talented David L.! You look like you’re having so much fun!!!!!
I was looking forward to some thong pics too! Your photos are great Diane. Everyone looks so beautiful and happy. Tell Adam I was checking out his site today and he has the most beautiful food porn I have ever seen!
Mmm, the mango gazpacho sounds wonderful! Now for a heat wave to strike so I can make it… In those skivies it has to be David!
It has to be Lebovitz.